background: planning the educational programs and informing people regarding the prevention of widespread diseases like cancers is necessary. with regard to high mortality rate of gastric cancer, the present study was conducted to define the effect of education based on health belief model on knowledge, attitude and nutritional practice of homemakers. materials and methods: in this intervention...

Introduction: Oral and dental health is one of the most important parts of public health. The purpose of this study was to assess the factors influencing oral and dental health among the pregnant mothers referring to urban health centers in Khorramabad, Iran, based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) in 2016. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 340 pregnant mothers living in Khorramabad, Iran...

INTRODUCTION The recent years have witnessed a continuous increase in lifestyle related health challenges around the world. As a result, researchers and health practitioners have focused on promoting healthy behavior using various behavior change interventions. The designs of most of these interventions are informed by health behavior models and theories adapted from various disciplines. Severa...

The increasing frequency of security incidents is a major concern to organizations, and it is therefore important for organizations to protect themselves against security threats. Technological controls are important but not adequate, as the success of security also depends on the effective security behavior of individuals. Information security awareness programs are an important approach but s...

the role of self-efficacy and factors of health belief model in dental patients’ brushing and flossing    badri gargari r [1] , salek hadadian n [2]    received : 29 des , 2010 accepted: 13 feb , 2011   abstract:  background & aims: the self-efficacy and the health belief model (hbm) were utilized to understand brushing and flossing self-care in tabriz private dental clinics.  materials & metho...

A number of major health behaviour theories have been academically established and include the Health Belief Model (HBM), Self-efficacy Theory, the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), Locus of Control, Sense of Coherence, and the Transtheoretical Model. The HBM was originally developed to predict the likelihood of patients’ participation in preventive heal...